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Linguistic Typology Through Indian Languages

Prof. Bornini Lahiri Prof. Dripta Piplai (Mondal) · IIT Kharagpur

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About

Languages are diverse, however the features which make them different are not innumerable. These features are called parameters. Typology aims to look for those (limited) parameters. The present course will train the students about the basics of linguistic typology and language universals. It will also mention the contrasting alternative approaches to language universals research. Structures of various Indian languages will be discussed in order to understand the various parameters of language and to understand Language Universals.

Intended audience: UG & PG Students of Linguistics, Research Scholars of Linguistics and related disciplines

Prerequisites: Not required but it will be helpful for the students if they have completed an introductory course in linguistics.

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Lecture 01 : Introduction: What is Linguistic Typology? YouTube
  2. Lecture 02 : History of Linguistic Typology: Background YouTube
  3. Lecture 03 : History of Linguistic Typology:Evolution of Linguistic Typology YouTube
  4. Lecture 04 : Different Approaches to Language Universals: The Basis for Typological Investigation YouTube
  5. Lecture 05 : How it is different from UG?: Language Universals and Universal Grammar YouTube

Week 2

  1. Lecture 06 : Word Order Typology YouTube
  2. Lecture 07 : Morphological Typology YouTube
  3. Lecture 08 : Lexical Typology YouTube
  4. Lecture 09 : Generative Typology YouTube
  5. Lecture 10 : Methods of Data Collection YouTube

Week 3

  1. Lecture 11 : Methodologies for Typological Studies YouTube
  2. Lecture 12 : Animacy YouTube
  3. Lecture 13 : Headedness YouTube
  4. Lecture 14 : Introduction to Noun Cases YouTube
  5. Lecture 15 : More about Noun Cases YouTube

Week 4

  1. Lecture 16 : Research works on Typology: A Discussion YouTube
  2. Lecture 17 : Theta Theory and Case Alignments YouTube
  3. Lecture 18 : Agreement YouTube
  4. Lecture 19 : Causatives YouTube
  5. Lecture 20 : Word order and Relative Clause Types YouTube

Week 5

  1. Lecture 21 : Typology of Passives YouTube
  2. Lecture 22 : Compound & Conjunct Verbs YouTube
  3. Lecture 23 : Reduplication YouTube
  4. Lecture 24 : Noun Classifiers YouTube
  5. Lecture 25 : Grammaticalization YouTube

WEEK 6

  1. Lecture 26 : The Tree Model YouTube
  2. Lecture 27 : The Wave Model YouTube
  3. Lecture 28 : Models of Language Variation YouTube
  4. Lecture 29 : More models of Language Variation YouTube
  5. Lecture 30 : Typological Features of Indian Languages YouTube

Week 7

  1. Lecture 31 : Typology & Historical Linguistics YouTube
  2. Lecture 32 : Code Mixing YouTube
  3. Lecture 33 : Contact-induced changes YouTube
  4. Lecture 34 : Contact-induced Changes; a Case Study YouTube
  5. Lecture 35 : Areal features of Indian Languages YouTube

Week 8

  1. Lecture 36 : Recent Developments in Typology YouTube
  2. Lecture 37 : Discussion of recent typological work YouTube
  3. Lecture 38 : Computational Typology YouTube
  4. Lecture 39 : Concluding remarks YouTube
  5. Lecture 40 : Concluding remarks YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kharagpur
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Bornini Lahiri Prof. Dripta Piplai (Mondal)
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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